Figurative Language Pretest

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Denotation

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The literal meaning of a word.

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Connotation

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The feeling or emotion attached to words.

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Paradox

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A statement that contradicts itself or 2 ideas that cannot both be true.

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Pun

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A joke that plays on words.

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Euphemism

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A pleasant-sounding word for something delicate.

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Antithesis

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The total opposite of an object or person.

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Simile

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Compares two unlike things using like or as.

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Metaphor

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Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

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Personification

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A nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

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Allusion

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A brief indirect reference to a significant person, place, thing, or idea.